free-climb

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Recent Examples of free-climb Potter later became the first person to free-climb both Half Dome and El Capitan in less than 24 hours. Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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  • The push to resolve the war will dominate discussions at the G7 leaders summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, starting Tuesday, with further details of the memorandum of understanding expected to be released later this week.
    Spencer Kimball,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • In March, a documentary about her journey to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, executive-produced by TIME Studios, debuted at the SXSW Film Festival.
    Alice Park, Time, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • An autopsy later determined the cause of Grant’s shocking death, at just 49 years old, to be a ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm.
    Sam McDowell July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • Weather conditions prevented a helicopter rescue so three rangers ascended on foot, the Forest Service said.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The pair is also known for scaling buildings around the world.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Since relocating to Los Angeles, Gonzalez’s small downtown team has scaled Happy Organics into a design-forward brand carried by major retailers, anchored in local maker communities and a sense of purpose.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • While wearables were already a hard enough curve to convince people on regarding constant data collection, embedding sensors and ways to collect data inside people’s homes will be an even higher threshold to surmount.
    Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • However, there are still some hurdles to surmount, particularly financing.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.
    Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
  • Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Free-climb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-climb. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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